Section 555.12. Request for reimbursement.

 

(1)   General requirements. No request for reimbursement may be approved unless the applicant has received an advance certification from the department under s. NR 555.11 . A request for reimbursement shall be submitted to the department by March 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the tires were used.

(2)   Contents. A request for reimbursement shall be made on forms provided by the department and shall contain the following:

(a) Documentation acceptable to the department of the net pounds of waste tires processed and used in the quantity of product sold, purchased or used.

1. For tire-derived fuel, receipts showing tons of tire-derived fuel purchased or used.

2. For incineration of whole tires producing process heat, steam or electricity, records showing net tons of waste tires combusted.

3. For pyrolysis plants producing electricity or process heat or steam, billings showing sales of kilowatt hours or tons of steam produced by the tire pyrolysis, calculations certified by a professional engineer showing how many net pounds of waste tires were required to generate that amount of energy, and receipts or bills of lading for the number of waste tires actually used to produce the energy.

4. For pyrolysis technologies producing combustible hydrocarbons and other salable products, billings to customers showing amounts of pyrolysis derived products sold in gallons, pounds, or other appropriate units with calculations certified by a professional engineer showing the number of net pounds of waste tires including embedded energy, used to produce those products.

5. For end users of tire strips, chunks, rubber chips, crumb and the like in the manufacture of another product, billings to purchasers for the product sold, showing net pounds of waste tires used to manufacture the amount of product sold.

6. For end users of tire chips in rubberized asphalt, or as road bed material, driveway cover and other highway improvements, billings or receipts showing the net pounds of waste tires used.

7. For processors of waste tires, receipts showing total tons or numbers of waste tires received and processed and their origin and total tons of waste tires used by eligible end users who bought or accepted the waste tires.

(b) Provide any other information required by the department necessary to determine whether the proposed use is in accordance with departmental rules.

(3)   Processing and approval.

(a) Within 30 days of the receipt of a request for reimbursement the department may require that additional information be supplied by the applicant to complete the request. The request for reimbursement is not complete until the additional information has been received by the department.

(b) By July 1 each year the department shall calculate the total dollar amount of eligible reimbursement requested at $.01 per pound and shall make payment in that amount to the applicant to the extent that funds are available for that purpose as specified in s. NR 555.04 (2) (c) .

(c) An applicant for a reimbursement for use of waste tires, tire chips or similar materials is subject to audit by the department and shall allow the department access to all records during normal business hours for the purpose of determining compliance with these rules for a period of 3 years following final payment.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1990, No. 413 , eff. 6-1-90 ; am. (2) (a) (intro.), cr. (2) (a) 7., Register, May, 1995, No. 473 , eff. 6-1-95.

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Forms to request reimbursement may be obtained, at no charge, from the Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, Wisconsin 53707. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1